Module 1: Getting Acquainted with Ethics and the Ethical Theories

Module One: Getting Acquainted with Ethics and the Ethical Theories Lesson One A: Introduction to Ethics

Two ways to Define Ethics

One. etymological

a. Ethos - Greek word Custom and generally means behavior or character b. mos or mores (or morality) - Latin word same meaning with ethos

We can, therefore, comprehend the relationship between ethics and morality.

Some people understand morality and ethics are somewhat synonymous but some contemporary philosophers think these two thoughts are different

Friedrich Nietzsche

Number Three. Morality pertains to doing good based on the things taught to us through culture, parental rearing, religion, and education conditioned action. Ethics is the freedom of our thought to do good not because somebody taught us to do good but because we understand that doing a specific action is good, an action free from conditioning.